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Moving in Canada Mileage Between Cities

Mileage Between Cities

We now have itineraries for most stretches of the Trans-Canada on our web site. In estimating time for a trip, use the following table. If you are driving for distance, you can probably average 100 km per hour cross-country. Your speed will be much slower in densely populated areas, especially when travelling during "rush hour". The big issue in planning a cross-country trip is the daily driving hours, which will determine where and how you will overnight.

I once drove 3500 km in a day and a half, with 5 adults taking continuous turns driving & co-piloting in 4 hour shifts (with only a tight 15 minute break when switching drivers to fill up on gas, food & take bathroom breaks).

Adults travelling might handle up to 8-12 hours of butt-time, sitting in a car. If you are travelling with children, stopping at rest stops and several of the along-the-way attractions (especially when travelling with children), you can probably average about half that.

In the summertime, daylight hours in the western provinces (which lie further north), can give you 16 hours of daily light while in the winter, you can be lucky to get 6 hours of daylight (and that's also assuming the roads are in good, plowed & clear condition). To make your trip planning easier, our community attractions information has included average times at many of the attractions along the way.

Match your trip's start and end points in the table below. If a row-column puts you in the wrong kilometres (blue) or miles (white) area, try column-row to get right units.

Kilometres (in BLUE) Miles (in WHITE)
Calgary, AB		4964	294	4586	5059	293	3739	3540	1508	3998	763	6245	623	2742	2051	3471	1061	1080	2314	3857	1371	1915
Charlottetown, PEI	3085		4983	378	426	4581	1218	1418	6471	965	4154	1253	4413	2222	2912	1986	6080	6161	7332	2122	3593	6698
Edmonton, AB	183	3096		4605	5078	524	3829	3720	1464	4088	843	6264	526	2922	2232	3651	1289	1300	2048	4021	1350	1757
Fredericton, NB	2850	235	2861		473	3944	899	1099	6093	634	3776	1659	4035	1844	2534	1667	5702	5783	6954	1744	3215	6320
Halifax, NS	3144	265	3155	294		4624	1372	1512	6468	962	4151	1347	4410	2212	2903	2080	6071	6151	7329	2119	3590	6436
Medicine Hat, AB	182	2847	326	2451	2873		3356	3157	1891	3615	515	5810	462	2447	1757	3176	1352	1463	2751	3546	988	2460
Montreal, QU	2323	757	2379	559	853	2085		182	5247	257	2930	2499	3189	998	1688	523	4856	4936	5767	904	2368	5474
Ottawa, ON	2144	881	2312	683	940	1962	113		5047	459	2730	2698	2935	798	1488	396	4656	4737	5908	901	2169	5274
Prince Rupert, BC	937	4021	910	3786	4019	1175	3260	3136		5506	2317	7752	2048	4249	3559	4978	1509	1590	1408	5284	814	2722
Quebec City, QU	2484	600	2540	394	598	2246	160	285	3421		3189	2246	3448	1257	1947	787	5115	5195	6367	1157	2627	5733
Regina, SK	474	2581	524	2346	2579	320	1821	1696	1440	1976		5435	254	1932	1242	2661	1790	1889	2892	3035	572	2601
St John's NF	3881	779	3892	1031	837	3610	1553	1677	4817	1396	3377		5701	3503	4053	3266	7073	7184	8370	3617	4737	8051
Saskatoon, SK	387	2742	327	2507	2740	287	1982	1824	1273	2143	158	3543		2338	1648	3067	1699	1810	2632	3418	777	2339
Sault Ste Marie, ON	1704	1381	1816	1146	1375	1521	620	496	2640	781	1201	2177	1453		704	729	3710	3821	4769	1099	1370	4476
Thunder Bay, ON	1274	1809	1387	1575	1804	1092	1049	925	2212	772	2518	1024	437			1419	3020	3131	4079	1789	692	3786
Toronto, ON	2157	1234	2269	1036	1292	1974	325	246	3093	489	1654	2029	1906	453	882		4439	4550	5498	371	2100	5207
Vancouver, BC	653	3778	801	3543	3772	840	3017	2893	938	3178	1112	4395	1056	2305	1877	2758		111	2434	5557	2339	2784
Victoria BC	671	3828	801	3593	3822	909	3067	2944	988	3228	1174	4464	1125	2374	1946	2827	69		2515	4920	2451	2895
Whitehorse, YK	1438	4556	1273	4321	4554	1709	3584	3671	875	3956	1797	5201	1635	2963	2535	3416	1512	1563		5645	3398	3050
Windsor, ON	2397	1319	2499	1084	1317	2203	562	560	3283	719	1886	2248	2124	683	1112	231	3453	3057	3508		2470	5575
Winnipeg, MB	852	2233	839	1998	2231	614	1471	1348	506	1632	355	2944	483	851	430	1305	1453	1523	2111	1535		3109
Yellowknife, NWT	1190	4193	1091	3928	4000	1528	3402	3278	1692	3563	1615	5004	1454	2782	2353	3235	1730	1799	1895	3465	1930

Sample trip planning calculation: from Montreal to Calgary: 2323 miles or 3739 km. Which should take about 37 hours of driving (if driving--with multiple drivers--without stops, sightseeing, rest or sleep). If travelling with adults in a hurry this may take 3 days, on a leisurely pace (7 driving hours per day and a couple of attractions) 5 days, and with kids (5 driving hours per day, with stops at all waterslides, oversize statues, and mini-golf courses along the way) 7 days. Add time for stopovers in cities like (for example) Ottawa and Winnipeg, or for recuperation from late nights out in such cities.